But Islam and terrorism don't harm human rights?
Bruce http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/17/europe/EU_GEN_Terrorism_Human_Righ ts.php Human rights activists warn war against terror harms human rights International rights activists on Friday warned that the war against terrorism has been undermining human rights standards, and called "for a renewed commitment to human rights." "The campaign against terrorism waged in the aftermath of Sept. 11 has harmed the human rights cause in numerous and profound ways," the president of the International Helsinki Federation Ulrich Fischer told a seminar in Sofia. The forum focused on the protection of human rights and the impact of counterterrorism effort on Muslim communities. Fischer did not mention particular cases, but in a briefing paper on the issue, the Helsinki Federation accused the U.S. government of "authorizing abusive interrogation techniques, abducting and transferring purported terrorists to countries with notorious records of torture, holding terrorist suspects in secret detention facilities for prolonged periods of time and allowing military commissions established to try alleged terrorists to use evidence obtained under coercion." The document also criticized Russia's operation in Chechnya, alleging that its police and military engaged in kidnappings, torture and unaccounted detentions. "The global struggle against torture has suffered a major setback," said Therese Rytter, a senior member of the Research Center for Torture Victims, based in Copenhagen, Denmark. She called for the effective implementation of a U.N. protocol against torture, which creates a system to allow regular visits of independent monitoring bodies in the places of detention. Participants also warned that political rhetoric linking terror and Islamic extremism had led to the alienation of Muslim communities in North American and European societies. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
